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on the side
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in addition to your main jobHe makes a little money on the side by cleaning windows in his spare time.
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secretlyI think he has another woman on the side (= a relationship with a woman who is not his wife).
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mainly US (of food in a restaurant) served on another plate, or not on part of the mealI'd like a salad with the dressing on the side (= with the dressing served separately from the salad), please.
I'll have a omelette with fries on the side, please.
(Definition of on the side from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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